Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Baggotstown West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baggotstown West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.45172, -8.49331
- SMR number
- LI040-206----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In reclaimed pasture, immediately S of townland boundary with Baggotstown East. Cropmark of a possible earthwork (LI040-265----) lies 50m to the SW. Identified as a possible enclosure by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 91; AP 5/2105). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 28 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.